Microsoft Certification Job Trends in Cumbria

Microsoft Certification
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cumbria with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 28 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Cumbria 0.53% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.78% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51,875 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 - -
75th Percentile £55,625 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £30,500 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year -23.75% +3.90% -23.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cumbria

Microsoft Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Cumbria.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 255 261 108
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cumbria 67.64% 53.48% 54.55%
Number of salaries quoted 90 90 38
10th Percentile £26,250 £35,802 £26,000
25th Percentile £36,506 £40,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £48,500 £38,734
Median % change year-on-year -5.15% +25.21% -17.59%
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,125 £52,500
90th Percentile £60,000 £70,000 £66,250
North West median annual salary £48,000 £50,055 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.10% -4.66% -2.24%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft Certification relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cumbria.

Microsoft Certification job vacancy trend in Cumbria

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend in Cumbria

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing Microsoft Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Job Locations in Cumbria

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 28 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Barrow-in-Furness - 2 £53,750 - 1
Microsoft Certification
North West

Microsoft Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cumbria by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 2 (100.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Support
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2016
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Network Management
1 2 (100.00%) Network Virtualisation
1 2 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 2 (100.00%) Preventative Maintenance
1 2 (100.00%) Storage Management
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
1 2 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
1 2 (100.00%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCNA
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Network+ Certification
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
1 2 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (100.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) VMware